Coat-hanger.



J. WALLACE;

GOAT HANGER.

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APPLICATION TILED MAY 6, 1912.

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JAMES WALLACE, OF OBENHEIM, ALSACE, GERMANY COAT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 6, 1912. Serial No. 695,369.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

To all whom it may concern.

' other-suitable material, hinged together end to end so as to openout. flat or fold one Hooks or catches on one frame are providedto engage eyes on the to aif 'when are letinto the lower other so as to maintain them in the open position when in use, and a catch is also provided to hold the two frames together when folded.

The coat hanger or shoulder piece is sus-' pended by a device which is held in a recess formed between thetwo members when they opened. Preferably this device is a loop formed of wireand having the two lower ends turned out to ends of the two frames. between which it is clamped. -A suitably shapedrecess is formed in one or both of the frames, so as 0rd a pocket between the members folded, for this suspending loop to he in. v The lower member, of one or bot-h of the frames carries a hat orcoat brush, either member or otherwise suitably attachedthereto.

A method of carrying out my invention is shown-inwhich:

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively elevation and plan of my improved coat hanger in the open position; and Figs? and 4 are respectively cross section and elevation of the coat hanger in the closed position.

The two frames A having the upper curved members a and lower straight members a are hinged together at an and books or catches B on one frame engage eyes I) on theother to maintain the coat hanger in I the open position. The

useful Improve-- engage in sockets in the i the accompanying drawings in suspending loop C has turned out ends 0 to engage in sockets a in the ends of the frames, between whichit is held when they butt together in the open pos1tion.- A hat or coat brush D is shown attached to the straight member a of one of the frames A and a catch a is provided to engage a screw or pin a to hold the frames together when closed.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the coat hanger folded with the. suspending loop C between the frames in recesses a in one of the frames.

lVhat I claim as lily-invention and desire to secure by Letters Patents is 1. In a coat llill1g91, fll8 combination of two members hinged so as to fold one againstthe other and having a recess formed be; tween their abutting ends when opened, one

or both of'said members also having a recess inits side so asto afford a pocket when the members are folded together, arid a removable hanging device which when the members are opened is adapted to beheld in' the recess between their abutting ends and when the members are closed is adapted to be received in the pocket formed between them.

twomembers hinged so as to fold one againstthe other, one or both of said members havmg a recess in its sides so as to afford a pocket when the members are folded together, and a removable hanging device adapted toabe received in said pocket between the members when are folded. a

3. In a coat hanger, the combination of two members,*a hinge connecting the same, said members having sockets in their abutting ends, a wire hanging lower portion with out-turned ends received in said sockets and clamped between said members when the latter are opened into alinoment, and means for holding said membersin such open condition.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my handin the presence of two witnesses. JAMES WALLACE.

Witnesses:

AUGUST OOSTERMAN, 'MILo A. Jnwn'rr.

2. In a coat hanger, the. combination ofthe said members" 

